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38. Bought indigo which stands me in 8s. 5d. will one cwt. of the same come to at 9s. 24d. do I gain thereby ?*

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39. If for 4s. 6d. I can buy 7 lb of raisins, what quantity. can I buy for 2011 17s. Od. ?

40. If 100t of merchandize cost 507 13s. 6d. what is the price of 325 of the same?

41. If I of spice cost 41s. 4d. what is oz. worth?

42. If for 33s. 4d. I can buy 24lb. how much can I purchase for 8s. 9d.?

43. If for 1s. 4d. I buy yard what is the price of yard? 44. If 3 nails of velvet cost 4s. 44d. what cost yard ? 45. If 194lb cost 19s. 3d. what quantity can I have for Is. 46. If 1 paid for the carriage of 63cwt. 18s. 9d. what did I pay cwt.?

47. At the same rate what must I pay for the carriage of 45ct. 3qrs. 14lb. ?

48. If for 15 lb. of sugar I paid 12s. 41d. how much must I pay for 1cwt. at the same rate?

49 If I of silk cost 31 6s. 8d. how many lbs. can I have for 71 10s. Od.?

50. How many lb. can I have for 124d, if I lb. cost 14d. ? 51. If lb of coffee cost 4s. 14d, how many pounds can I have for 21 17s. 9d.?

52. If for 20s. 8d. I buy 1 hundred of oranges, how many hundred can I have for 107. 11's. 10d.?

53. If loz. of silver cost 5s. 6d. what is the price of 15 dwts.?

54. If 1 lb. of tea cost 9s. 6d. what is the price of oz,? 55. What is the price of a pint of spirits at 6s. 8d. gallon?

56. If for 47 6s. 8d. I can purchase lcwt of hops, what quantity can I have for 31?

57. If 3 steps of a man are equal to 8 feet, how many yards will 180 steps make?

58. If 850 men require 25,500 rations of bread for 1 month how many rations will 2500 men require for the same time?

Find the price of lcwt. at 9s. 24d tb from 9s. 24d take 8s. 5d. and find the price of lcwt. at the difference of those prices, which will give the gain required.

59. If the clothing of a body of 850 men cost 21561 7s. 6d. what will the clothing of 3500 men amount to?

60. At 10s. 6d. week how long can I be boarded for 197 19s. Od?

61. If 3lb. of bread can be had for a shilling when wheat is at an average of 30s. per barrel, what is the weight of the 4d. loaf, when the price is 48 shillings per barrel ?

62. How many yards of cloth 14 yard wide are equal to 24 yards of 1 yards wide?

63. If my income be £700 per annum, what may I spend per day to save 2107 each year?

64. How many yards of stuff, 3qrs. wide, will line a cloak in which there is 3 yards of cloth 14 yards wide?

65. What will be the charge of keeping 15 horses for a year, at 1s. 2d per day for each horse?

66. How many yards of paper, 30 inches wide, will hang a room 20 yards in compass, and 9 feet high?

67. How many tons of merchandize can I buy for 900/ 8s. 54d. if 7 tons cost 2851?

68. Bought 4 pieces of drugget, qt. 40, 49, 47 and 45, yards, at the rate of 10s. 6d. for 3 yards?

69. With how many guineas of 22s. 9d, each, can I pay for a puncheon of rum, qt. 126 gallons, at 10s. 6d. per gal.? 70. Bought 102 barrels of wheat, which stand me in 115/ 15s; 78 barrels which cost 851; 81 barrels which cost 1471 10s. and 60 barrels which cost 901 12s.; what doth 1 barrel one with the other stand me in?

71. How many tiles 9 inches square, would lay a floor of 16 feet square, or containing 256 square feet.

72. How many yards of cloth 1 yard wide would be sufficient to cover a billiard table 16 feet long and 8 feet wide ?

73. Bought 5 casks of potash weighing neat each 40ct. 3qr. 161b. but one being damaged, I am to be allowed one fourth thereon; what am I to pay for the whole at 46s. 8d. per cwt.? 74. How much would a piece of plank come to at 94d per foot, 21 feet long and 15 inches wide?

Here 21 feet and 6 inches ≈ 258 inches ×15 = 3870 inches.

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75. What would a piece of plank cost at 1014. per foot, 18 feet 6 inches long, and 16 inches wide?

76. What is the value of a silver cup, wt. 10lb. 2oz. 16dwt. at 6s. 3d. per oz. ?

77. Bought a silver cup weighing 10lb. 2oz. 16dwt for 381 7s. 6d.; what did it cost per oz.?

78. Bought at auction an hhd. of sugar, wt. neat 13 cwt. for 631 14s. Od.; what quantity may I have at the same rate for 5741?

79. What is the price of 5 nails of velvet at 26s. 8d. per yd? 80. A trader failing, owes his creditors 19177 16s. 9d. and compounds with them at 13s. 4d. per pound; how much money will thus discharge his debts ?

81. What will 425 boxes of turf cost, at 31 for boxes?

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82. What must I pay for 17 ton 11 measures of coal, at 24s. 9d. per ton, each ton containing 16 measures?

83. A mason having built 4 of a wall in 6 days at the wages of 3s. 9 d. per day, his employer agrees to pay him in proportion, at an increased rate for the remainder, according to his dispatch, and he finishes in two days more, how much per day ought he to receive for those 2 days?

84. If 10cwt. are to be carried 84 miles for 39s. how many miles should 12cwt. be carried for the same money ?

85. If I lend my friend 4001 for7 months, how much money. ought he to lend me for 5 months to repay my courtesy ? Here it is plain I must have the use of a larger sum of money, therefore

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Answer £560

86. If 7001 was the sum lent for 9 months, how much money should be lent 4 months to requite the favour?

87. In how many days will 8 men finish a piece of work, which 20 men can complete in 36 days?

88. If spirits at 8s. per gallon, bear 3 waters to one, what must be given in proportion for spirits which will bear 5 wa ters to one; and the mixture as strong as the former?

89. How many men must be employed to finish a piece of work in 36 days, which 4 men can do in 90 days?

90. A floor which is 23 feet 6 inches long is to be covered with matting which is 1 foot 6 inches wide, how many yards will it require ?

91. Three feet in length and 36 inches in breadth being a square yard, what length must be cut off a board & inches wide to contain a square yard?

92. How many b of tea at 8s. 4d. per lb. are equivalent to 27 lb. of sugar at 10d. per lb. ?

93. How many pieces of broad cloth may I have for 125 pieces of Irish linen valued at £1 per piece, the value of each piece of cloth being 277?

94. If with 1007 I gain 61 in 12 months, with how many pounds could I gain the same sum in 3 months?

95. What sum of money ought to be put to interest at 6per cent per annum, to gain in two months as much as 1501 would gain in 6 months?

96. If when wheat is sold at 6s. per bushel, the penny loaf weighs 12oz. what ought it to weigh when the price is 8s. per bushel?

97. If 2401 in 16 months gain 647 what will 607 gain in 6 months?

98. If 20cwt. are carried 50 miles for 51 what must be paid in proportion for carrying 40cwt. 100 miles?

99. If 12 men in 8 days can earn 81 8s. what sum would 28 men earn at the same rate in 15 days?

100. If 3lb. of worsted make 20 yards of stuff 1 yard wide, how many lbs. would make a piece of 100 yards long and I yard wide?

101. How many stones of foot foot thick and foot broad, would build a wall 160 feet long 30 feet high and 2 feet thick?

102. If a wall 14 feet high is built in 15 days by 21 men, how many men could build a wall 16 feet high in 8 days, supposing the walls of equal length and thickness?

103. If 666 stone of oats serve 12 horses 74 days, in how many days will 9 horses consume 315 stone, at the same rate of feeding?

104. If an English mile of a new road can be made for 721; what would an Irish mile of the same cost?

105. If the diameter of the earth is 79114 English miles; how many Irish miles are contained in it ?

106. How many gallons of water in a tun, if each gallon weighs 7lb. 14oz.?

107. If 3ct. Oqr. 291b. long weight of beef can be bought for 67 7s. 6d. ; how much may be bought for 197 19s. 6d.? 108. If lewt. of 120 lb. cost 21, 10s. Od. ; how many cwt. of 112 lb. each can be had for 100!?

109. What cost 14ct. 3qr. 20lb. long weight, at 21 14s. Od. per cwt.?

110. If a clerk have a salary of 80 guineas a year, commencing the first of September; what has he to receive on leaving his place the 21st of June in the following year, if he has drawn at sundry times, 251 Os. 6d.?

111. If a seaman engage at 31 10s. per month, each month 28 days; what was he to receive for the time elapsed between the 4th of May and the 25th of December, if he has already drawn 12 guineas of his wages?

112. In what time can a person save 1001, who lays up 4s. 10 d. per week?

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113. If the diameter of a circle is to its circumference, as 113 to 355 (as it nearly is) what is the diameter of a round pillar 7 feet 1 inch in circumference?

114. If a hogshead of port wine, being guaged, contains 60 gallons; how many nominal quart bottles, each 1 pint 3 naggins, may be filled thereout ?*

115. If 13 bottles of wine can be had for 17 10s. Od.; what may I receive for 25 gallons in bottles of the same capacity as mentioned in last question?

116. Having measured the breadth of a field, I found it to be 15 two-pole chains and 23 links, but on examination I found the chain too long by 4 inches; what is the true breadth of this field?

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The pipe of port wine is seldom accurately 138 gallons, and it is customary to charge what the vessel actually contains.

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